This paper is a submission from IUCN, PROFOR, and the World Bank in follow up to discussions held at the third meeting of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF) on the relationship between sustainable forest management (SFM) and ecosystem approaches (EsA) as applied to forests. It is also a response to a decision at the 6th Conference of the Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity...

One of the common misconceptions surrounding the use and study of cannabis is the expectation that one plant will be similar to the next. In fact, the effects from smoking cannabis can differ significantly between plants and also can depend on what part of the cannabis plant is used and how it is prepared. This is because different plants and different parts of the same plant will have differen...

The story of the shopping centre and CBD redevelopment in the regional Queensland city of Ipswich provides a cautionary tale for local politicians and regional civic developers. Indeed, the fact that this history is so bound up in ‘stories’ is a key part of the lessons to be learned. The Ipswich Centre Shopping Plaza was used as a key reference point for the creation of myths shaping a particul...

Industrial agricultural production in the tropics is known to have adverse social and environmental impacts (CBD, 2010). Firms —especially the ones exposed to consumer preference, such as retailers, processors and consumer goods manufacturers—are increasingly responding to these concerns. Nations in the tropics have established comprehensive political, legal and institutional frameworks to cons...

We have obtained further insights into the CBD growth mechanisms of ZnS thin ®lms using an aqueous medium containing an ammonium salt. At room temperature the optimum concentration of this salt has enabled us to increase the thickness of the ®lm by more than 400%. The optical transmission below the band edge of our best ®lm is also found to be excellent. q 1999 Elsevier Science S.A. All rights ...

The Ecosystem Approach and sustainable use represent two approaches, at two different scales, to the management of living natural resources and biodiversity conservation. Both approaches have been endorsed by the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), which has provided an important institutional context for their development and elaboration. Each approach establishes a certai...

Many organisations and individuals are installing wireless local area networks (WLANs), which are based on the IEEE 802.11b standard. Insecurely configured WLANs present a threat to the confidentiality, availability and integrity of network data. This study was designed to attempt to determine the growth rate in the use of WLAN technology and the security state of WLANs operating in the Central...

Assessing the status and monitoring the trends of land cover dynamics in and around protected areas is of utmost importance for park managers and decision makers. Moreover, to support the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)’s Strategic Action Plan including the Aichi Biodiversity Targets, such efforts are necessary to set a framework to reach the agreed national, regional or global targets...

The subway is one of the major passenger transport systems in Seoul, Korea. Over the last 30 years, the subway system has interacted with urban land use. This study aims to describe the subway system evolution and reveal the causal relations with land rent and population distributions in conjunction with the evolution of the subway system. Extensive and rapid expansion of subway networks have i...

1. At its eighth meeting, in decision VIII/19 A.(4), the Conference of the Parties requested the Executive Secretary to complete the assessment on unauthorized harvesting of fauna (including bushmeat) as proposed in document UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/11/INF/12. Pursuant to this decision, and as a contribution to the in-depth review of the programme of work on forest biodiversity, the Executive Secretary ...